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Michael Dingake 12 October 2016
Go ipolaya go ile magoletsa kwa Nhabe
Go tlhalositse jalo mo potsolotsong le Naledi mookamela kgaolo ya Nhabe mo sepodising sa sephiri, Senior Superintendent Mokwadi Willie yo a neng a bua sefatlhego sa gagwe se tletse ka bohutsana. Willie a re dikgetsi tse ke seru se se wetseng kgaolo...
Keagisitswe Dioka 12 October 2016
Mosokelatsebeng o romela monna go disa poo
E ne ya re beke ee fetileng Kehiwang Phemelo wa dingwaga tse di masome mane le borataro (46) a bona mo a neng a sa go solofela ka ene e rile pele ga katlholo a kopa lekgotla go seka le mo gagamaletsa katlholo a re o kopa gore a seka a tlhatlhelwa ka...
Keagisitswe Dioka 12 October 2016
Ntso le Dimpho ba ipelela dingwaga tse some
Batsadi le bagolo ba boletse fa banana ba supile fa ba na le maikarabelo ka ba kgonne mosepele o o thata wa lenyalo.Moletlomogolo o, o ne o lebega jaaka nyalo ya ntlha ya boobabedi. Banyalani ka bobedi ba ne ba kgabile thata ka diaparo tse dintle...
Teichler Rankoa 12 October 2016
Mosola wa Tlhapi
Dipego di tswelela dire puso e ikaelela go aga madirelo a matona a ditlhapi kwa kgaolong ya Ngami, se ele go itepatepanya le letlhoko la dijo mo Botswana. Maikaelelo ke go leka go tswaktswakanya itsholelo ya lefatshe ka go namola Batswana mo tlaleng...
Tebo Maseko 12 October 2016
Mosekisiwa o tlaa tlhatlhojwa
Mogapi o sekisediwa molato wa go tlhaba a bo a bolaya Rre Kagiso Keitlogetse ka sengwe se se bogale, dikgwedi tse pedi tse di fetileng kwa Lobatse. Tiragalo e e diragetse mo bosigong kwa lefelong la maitiso a bojalwa jo bo rekisetswang mo...
Tumelo Mouwane 12 October 2016
A re tsibogeleng dikankere ka mefuta
Gago sa tlhola go ntse jalo le mororo kankere e ise e bone kalafi sentle e bongaka bo ka e dirisang go bo alafa. Go santse go tshwarwa kwa le kwa ka go lebega kalafi e go beilweng mo go yone e na le ditlamorago tse di botlhoko go gaisa mo di kgonang...
Staff Writer 12 October 2016
Kuke Kolo-maano ga a site
Kolo a re o tsholetswe kwa motseng wa Hukuntsi, Ferikgong a le bongwe, ka ngwaga wa 1958. A re morago ga go tsholwa a ya go nna le batsadi ba gagwe kwa Namibia. A re rraagwe o ne a bereka kwa dipolaseng tsa Samara mme ba kgona go bona dijo....
Oageng Batenegi 12 October 2016
Kankere ya lebele e ka thibelwa
Dr. Pusoentsi o buile se beke e e fetileng kwa bokopanong jo bo neng bo rulagantswe ke lephata la gagwe le lekgotla la twantsho kankere mo Botswana (CAB). Pusoentsi a re go itlhatlhobela kankere ya lebele go dirwa go lebilwe go tsibogela...
Zolani Kraai 12 October 2016
BCL liquidation a conundrum for taxi operators
Speaking to Mmegi, the Selebi-Phikwe taxi association chairman Bareetsi Sanoto explained that the liquidation is going to negatively affect their business, as most of their customers are employees of the mine. He added that according to their...
Imi Mokgethi 12 October 2016
Mascom Live Session - Mtukudzi and Sereetsi
Tsele Tsebetsame 12 October 2016
Police V sets-up basketball development side
Despite being a development side, the team plays in the national basketball league, and was officially launched on Saturday. They played their senior counterparts and lost 57-18. The team comprises mainly Under-16 and 18 players such as Gaone...
Dumisani Ncube 12 October 2016
Disgruntled Satmos players call for China�s return
Mading handed the team to the new leadership after a standoff towards the end of last season when the team was relegated to the First Division. However, a sticky situation has developed between the new management and the players, which saw the team...
Koketso Kgoboge 12 October 2016
Olopeng hails Chinese calisthenics trainers
Speaking during a gala dinner at Botswana Craft, Olopeng said the team’s assistance is an expression of solid relationship that exists between the Botswana and Chinese governments. “China-Botswana relations have been developing steadily...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 12 October 2016
Boy sent to SA for further examinations
The 12-year-old Jerry who has spent most of the five past months in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at PMH and Bokamoso Private Hospital is a victim a grievous bodily harm allegedly committed by a Bangladeshi, Moahommed Husein Molla. Dr Siva Raj told...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 12 October 2016
Seeletso leaves amid EVM protests
Seeletso leaves on the grounds of age as the Constitution prescribes that a person holding office, as Secretary of IEC shall vacate that office on attaining the age of 65 years or such other age as may be prescribed by an Act of...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 12 October 2016
Spincity - Bringing Back The Legends
Tsele Tsebetsame 12 October 2016
Head injury rules out Chikanda
The boxer suffered the injury after colliding with his opponent, Mmusi Tswiigi during the Botswana Boxing Association (BoBA) Independence Championship that was held at the Civic Centre. Chikanda told Mmegi Sport yesterday that he has a cut above his...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 12 October 2016
Referees flash first caution at Letshwiti
It was an unwelcome reminder of the turbulence he faces for the next four years. After promises of a smooth start to the league, the ‘beautiful’ game was rocked when four of the eight BTC Premiership games were cancelled after referees...
Mqondisi Dube
| 12 October 2016
Phenyo The Master to perform with Riaad Moosa
Blublood and Esteres Boutique Agency will host the comedy show, which is part of the Indian-born South African comedian’s tour. In an interview with Showbiz, the director of Esteres Boutique Agency Michelle Phetlhe said they wanted to include...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 12 October 2016
Muvhango stars help Old Naledi family
They will be building a fully furnished home for an identified less privileged family at Old Naledi. The five stars include the Chief of Thathe, Vhafuwi real name, Gabriel Temudzani accompanied by his soapie first wife, Susan (Maumela Mahuwa)....
Sharon Mathala 12 October 2016
Rea Online is back
Rea Online is a female empowerment reality talk show webisode hosted by former Mantlwaneng presenter Reagile ‘Rea’ Kopi who is also the founding producer of the show. The webisode profiles and celebrates high profile women in various...
Dumisani Ncube 12 October 2016
SADC-EU trade deal kicks in
As of Monday, the agreement will apply to trade between the EU and the five countries including Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland. Mozambique is in the process of ratifying the agreement and will join in as soon as the ratification...
Brian Benza 12 October 2016
Govt injects P2.9m in Mahalapye Post Office facelift
In his remarks Botswana Post chief executive officer, Cornelius Ramatlhakwane said the upgrading was meant to improve the operational efficiency through the provision of agency, postal, courier and logistics as well as financial and banking services...
Bonte Seepi 12 October 2016
Cost sharing unavoidable
Cost sharing is greatly feared as it essentially means the end of the ‘free’ era of education and introduces an age where the true burden of education is felt by parents, guardians and learners. This in turn, raises the issue of cost as...
Mmegi Editor
| 12 October 2016
Hukuntsi man charged with attempted murder
Superintendent Vusimusi Jorowe said the incident took place at Gakhibana ward in Hukuntsi, in the early hours of October 6. Jorowe said the woman was the first to escape the inferno and she managed to recognise the suspect who was watching as the...
Zolani Kraai 12 October 2016
Public Accounts Comm.
Mmegi Editor 12 October 2016
Ministry to hold National Waste Management Pitso
The Waste Pitso will be held under the theme, ‘Waste To Wealth’ This theme highlights the significance of waste as a resource and hence the main objective of the Waste Pitso is to unlock job opportunities in the waste sector by creating...
Tefo Pheage 12 October 2016
Thankane�s poverty eradication, a tall order
Thankane is situated between farms after Mokhomma village, approximately 60km south from Jwaneng along a dusty gravel road and it is only by the mercy of the Lord that one can arrive there due to limited transport. The population is estimated to be...
Lebogang Baingapi 12 October 2016
Minister�s son arrested and granted bail in drug bust
He secretly appeared before Lobatse Magistrates’ court on Monday and was granted bail, Mmegi has learnt. The suspect was entering the country from South Africa. Sources within the police service were too scared to share any details saying...
Sharon Mathala 12 October 2016
Rantao explains BTO, Air Botswana Acts
Following the advice of the Board, to change, review or formulate tourism-related policies and strategies where necessary; following investigations by the Board on any matter that may have a negative effect on the tourism industry, act on the...
Staff Writer 12 October 2016
Zim man drowns in Thamalakane
The Zimbabwean drowned while his countryman swam to safety when the wooden boat they used to cross the Thamalakane river capsised on Sunday. Maun police station commander, superintendent Motlhaba Ramaabya said the duo was crossing from the west side...
Boniface Keakabetse 12 October 2016
Masisi presents BCL liquidator
He told the key stakeholders that Dixon-Warren would take over the control of BCL assets and any claims in terms of the law. He pleaded that the liquidator be allowed to do his job without any interference. Masisi said that government would take...
Onalenna Kelebeile 12 October 2016
BCL, Tati workers to know fate in four months
BCL Mine, which closed on Saturday, directly employs 4,300 people, while Tati Nickel Mine, its subsidiary, closed on Monday and employs close to 700 workers. The latest revelations fly in the face of initial reports over the weekend suggesting that...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 12 October 2016
Maele stops land allocation by Dikgosi
He was speaking during the ministry’s 11th Leadership forum held at Majestic Hotel on Sunday. “This is poor judgement by dikgosi and we will no longer issue any land that is testified by dikgosi and that is the way we package our message...
Lindiwe Mozola 12 October 2016
BCP takes Kapinga on familiarisation tour
Kapinga quit the public service in July this year having served most notably as the deputy police commissioner and Botswana’s high commissioner, and ambassador to South Africa and Zimbabwe respectively. Since then, the former police boss has...
Chakalisa Dube
| 12 October 2016
There is nothing like Kgosikgolo - Molale
The Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, Eric Molale said this yesterday when responding to a motion calling for a constitutional review tabled by Kgosi Galeakanye Modise of Tswapong region. The motion read:...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 12 October 2016
Phikwe residents panic
Mmegi caught up with some of the residents on Monday, among them Lorato Lesola, who explained that she does not understand what liquidating the BCL mine really means, thus calling on relevant authorities to embark on a public awareness campaign on...
Imi Mokgethi 12 October 2016
DR Congo stability at extreme risk, UN warned
UN envoy Maman Sidikou said threats to the 18,000-strong peacekeeping mission there outstripped its capabilities. Violent protests have broken out over the postponement of presidential polls. The opposition accuses President Joseph Kabila of trying...
BBC.COM 12 October 2016
Govt snubs UN advice on death penalty
This despite the fact that the country is expected to report back on progress made since the last Universal Peer Review in the UNHCR in 2018 The said recommendations passed during an interactive dialogue and sponsored by the Republic of Uruguay were...
Tefo Pheage 12 October 2016
Khama, Mabeo through a lawyer�s eye
Minister for Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism Tshekedi Khama recently came under fire for authorising a total of P88 million from the BTO coffers in absence of the board of directors. Khama told the committee that the CEO...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 12 October 2016
Barclays assures markets on BCL P1bn loan
In a statement, the bank said all the corporate exposures to the BCL Group are fully secured. “Barclays remains sufficiently liquid, well capitalised and we continue to execute our strategy in the market through the delivery of innovative...
Brian Benza 12 October 2016
Rick Ross coming to Botswana
While many Hip-hop pundits on social media question the legitimacy of the event, one of the show organisers, Alice Naygilit told Showbiz that the event is authentic since they have engaged big companies like MTN Business, Trace Urban, Trace Africa...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 12 October 2016
A re nne re leke
Re ne ra bua gape gore, nngwe ya diphoso tse di diregang fa go kwalwa, ke go tshwaraganya mafoko a a sa tshwanelang go tshwaragana. Gantsi se se diragalang ke gore, fa mafoko a ka bo a kwalwa e le mafoko a mabedi, a kgaoganye, a a tshwaranngwa, a...
Sebofo Motshwane 12 October 2016
Mass Innoculation?
First, “during the 1920s, the Bangwaketse pioneered the creation of a universal health service …universal” meaning that every man, woman and child in Gangwaketse had health coverage, from birth to death. How was the scheme...
Sandy Grant 12 October 2016
To Celebrate Our 50th Anniversary: 50 Things About Botswana
1) Whereas from 1966 to 1996 Botswana enjoyed the world’s highest economic growth rate, previously under British overrule real income had declined. 2) From 1966-2006 Botswana enjoyed one of the world’s highest rates of human development...
Jeff Ramsay 12 October 2016
The orphans and ants part 24: The hearts of lions
Prior to setting off the warriors loaded themselves up with water, which they stored in bags made from the stomachs and intestines of the animals that had been killed during the previous day’s great hunt. After about an hour, as the rays of...
Jeff Ramsay
| 12 October 2016
The Mochudi of 1966 Breaking Down the Old Barriers
A pity; because it was so remarkably interesting. By and large, the Jim Reeves-loving Botswana of 1966 was largely torpid, devoid of major incident and cut off from the world. Two places were exceptions to this norm. In Serowe, van Rensburg with...
Sandy Grant 12 October 2016
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